Clem Fandango
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Darvish to Cubs, 6/$126 Million + Incentives
Clem Fandango replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Wasn't there a tweet somewhere that said of the X amount of free agents still unsigned, something like 80% of them are Boras clients or something like that? -
Levine needs to shut his dumb wet mouth
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It's reporters using their old iPhones zoomed into 2000% or whatever. Or in Gonzalez's case, his Blackberry. Christ, his are terrible.
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It's a really easy stat to understand. WAR and FIP and some other metrics are harder to decipher and understand especially for old school types not named Peter Gammons. WHIP = WAR + FIP. Obviously.
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"Hey Ian, why aren't you smiling?"
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NL Central: Reds, Pirates and others
Clem Fandango replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in General Baseball Talk
Don't try and get in the brain of a genius GM, Tim, you won't come out alive. -
NL Central: Reds, Pirates and others
Clem Fandango replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in General Baseball Talk
Comedy cheat code -
NL Central: Reds, Pirates and others
Clem Fandango replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in General Baseball Talk
Failure to execute on the field and in the front office. Soooooo the Cardinals problem is that they suck? Okay, got it. -
Darvish to Cubs, 6/$126 Million + Incentives
Clem Fandango replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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he did, but i'm not buying into him as a plus CF. Fair enough, I’m also not buying Almora being a negative defensive CF. I think between the 2 we will grade positively (even if just nominally). That
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Well yeah, Schwarber is going to be so bad in the least important defensive position that he's going to bring down the above average defense we have at C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, CF, and RF. That's just horsefeathering science.
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This Van Hammersley gif is going to pay off in spades
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Yeah, but in Bauer's defense, the person he told that to was suffering from severe PTSD.
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I bet Yu Darvish is going to make a future appearance in the #MeToo thread Yup, you're right. BRB, making that my signature.
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Fixed
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Jed Hoyer interview up on ESPN: http://www.espn.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/46370/jed-hoyer-makes-super-bowl-pick-talks-pivotal-year-for-cubs
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Finally: The Indians Are Replacing Their Racist Mascot Chief Wahoo With A White Woman Wearing A Native American Halloween Costume http://images2.onionstatic.com/clickhole/5165/0/16x9/800.jpg
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Yu is just having fun and teaching baseball a lesson not to let one player dictate market value.
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I really wish I could say Rizzo, but he may only have a shot if he can remain consistent into his mid-late 30's which is a long shot for most players these days, though he could get a lot of votes because of his leadership qualities, personality, and off-the-field philanthropic deeds. I know Derek Jeter was "The Captain" but now that he's gone I think Rizzo best personifies that term of endearment more than anyone else in baseball.
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Yeah, but I thought the line in the sand regarding pitchers was no contracts longer than 5 years? Unless I'm off by a year. But even then they broke that rule with Lester so they're obviously willing to ignore it for the right guy.
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So is Rick Reuschel. Sometimes WAR is stupid.
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Andy Pettitte is such a blatantly awful case of the Yankee effect making people think he was good. He doesn't even deserve to get in with the Vet committee. In 2000 his stats consisted of this: 4.35 ERA 1.59 WHIP 4.67 FIP 111 ERA+ 191.2 IP 121 K's 89 BB's 10.1 H/9 4.2 BB/9 5.7 K/9 He finished 4th in Cy Young voting because he had a 19-9 record. I know in retrospect it's because voters didn't pay attention to the peripheral stats and only really looked at W-L, but even with knowledge of advanced metrics in today's present-day voting, dumbass writers will still give him votes when he doesn't deserve horsefeathers. His career line when he was a "top tier pitcher" during the Yankees dynasty era was this: 9 years 3.94 ERA 1.38 WHIP 3.73 FIP 117 ERA+ 1792.2 IP 1275 K's 579 BB's 9.5 H/9 2.9 BB/9 6.4 K/9 But... 149-78 Andy Pettitte was mediocrity personified who couldn't even put up good consistent numbers with steroids on his side, but will get consideration because of the sole fact he played on a team that gave him ridiculous run support.
